Festival Uprostřed
Mon 10.8.
12:30
Municipal Office Brno-Centre, Brno
Summer festival in central Brno with music and cultural events.
Kristýna Drášilová
About
Kristýna Drášilová heads the education department at Filharmonie Brno, where she also works as a lecturer and concert host for children, schools and families. She manages and co-creates the Mozartovy děti (Mozart's Children) festival - now in its sixteenth year - which gives talented pupils from South Moravian music schools the chance to perform alongside professional musicians. She also writes scripts for and hosts V orchestru, an innovative concert format in which the audience sits among the players.
200+
workshops for children and youth per season
16
editions of the Mozartovy děti festival (since 2010)
6308
attendees at educational events in January 2025 (record)
~70
young musicians in the festive orchestra Mozartovy děti 2025
What's new
- 2026-01
Drášilová wrote the script and moderated the project In the Orchestra: Music and History (February 2026), in which the Brno Philharmonic combined classical music with the theme of power and history - from Handel through Beethoven and Shostakovich to Smetana.
- 2025-05
At the 16th Mozart's Children festival, for the first time a jury composed of philharmonic musicians and music school directors selected the talents; nearly seventy young musicians joined the orchestra.
- 2025-03
The Brno Philharmonic's educational programs recorded record attendance of 6,308 listeners in January 2025; the In the Orchestra project was completely sold out in February 2025.
- 2025-02
Drášilová moderated the February cycle In the Orchestra: How Time Went for 1,747 secondary school and gymnasium students across fourteen performances.
- 2026-06
The Mozart's Children 2026 festival culminates with a Gala Concert at the Janáček Theatre (6. 6.) and a Concert of Child Soloists at the Besední House (10. 6.).
Tracks
V orchestru: Hudba a dějinyscript and moderation - Brno Philharmonic project, February 2026
V orchestru: Jak šel časscript and moderation - project for schools and the public, season 2024/25 and revival 2025/26
Mozartovy děti - Slavnostní koncertfestival manager and moderator, annually at Janáček Theatre Brno
Mozarte, hrej!interactive educational concert for primary and secondary schools as part of the Mozart's Children festival
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